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The Yepp player uses the same drive as the iPod, so it could have exactly the same form factor and weight (specs weren't released, so this si speculation), and has the same capacity. And it transfers with USB 2.0, which is both faster than the iPod's FireWire, and is also more commonly available on the PC platform. So why is this "junk"? If anything its good competition.
OK, so in theory you make your whiz-bang holo-emitter card (try to explain you you plan to emulate diffraction patterns generated by a laser through a crystal). Let's say you do this and it works. Now you go give your whiz-bang card to joe schmoe at the local best buy to get a tv. Woah there cowboy, whats this big black thing where the crystal is supposed to be?
No one would accept this emulator card you speak of, even if you could make one, which I doubt. And such emulator card would probably not fit in any ATM either.
It is a great concept.. have a common API for posting / retrieving content, for posting comments, etc. But getting people to impliment it would be like pulling teeth. Everyone would think that the way they are currently doing it is the best way. This is one downfall of Open Source, the "ego factor".
The "ego factor" is the same reason we have 5 different office products all working on seperate import / export filters for MS Office, when the effort should be combined.
TH epost isn't about source code control, it is about content manamgement systems. You are comparing CVS type software to slashcode and phpnuke. They are totally different pieces of software for totally different purposes.
No. The card doesn't output anything, it has no electronis, only this crystal. Both the laser and the device that picks up the patten ar eon the reader. So you'd have to duplicate the crystal.
It could also be used on bank cards, thus preventing people from counterfitting them. I once read about a ring which was using an aptly mounted hidden camera to monitor people's PIN numbers. They then grabbed some ATM slips the person threw away (most people rarely keep/destory them) and manufactured a fake card using their PIN and their account information.
It is impossible to re-create the crystal that generates the data, not the data itself. You are looking at this object which is used for physical security from a purely software standpoint. The data istelf (the pattern resulting from the laser through the crystal) is useless if you cant create the crystal which generated the data in the first place, because then you can't duplicate the card.
Getting the 2D pattern is easy (anyone with access to a reader could simply get this pattern through software). You then have to manufacture a crystal which produces this pattern, so that you can use your new counterfit card at the Sony store, etc. This is the part that is currently impossible.
One thing know once you read the article(s), that really should have been included in the story submisstion, is this technology is more geared toward replacing things such as magnetic stripes on credit cards, and em cards, and whatnot. The tiny crystals that will replace these stripes produce a one-way function that is currently impossible to duplicate, so if widely adopted this would (at least temporailiy) make card couterfitting impossible. It is not describing a new encryption mechanism for your PC, or any software for that matter.
Wrong. Try doing some reading before blasting your moouth off. The new course would be an addition to the curriculm, it wasn't replacing anything. My university added Java to the curriculim to teach OO concepts years ago. Was this evil? No, because it wasn't Microsoft. Apparantly.
C# is nothing like C, it is much more like Java. And the students have to know C as well, C# would just be an addition to the curriculim. Why is this bad? As far as I'm concerned, the more languages the better.
This doesn't seem to be the goal of the propject at all. What you are looking for is Ximian connector for volution, which is already available. www.ximian.com
Er, just because the source is open doesn't mean that it is volenteer driven or anything else. What michael is saying is its fine if a company is contracted to produce, test, etc the code, btu upon its release to the public it should be in source code form so that we know what we are getting.
RE your study plans, if you were wanting to study in a Northa American school fo rthe cultural change, or even to get something you couldnt in Saudi Arabia, may I reccomend coming to my homeland, Canada. Many many MANY Arabs both go to and are professors at my University (UNB), and I suspect it is simmilar in most other areas of my country.
You realize I can kill someone with a belt buckle alot easier than nail clippers by jabbing the sharp point of it into their jugular. For that matter, alot of women i know could do the same with their fingernails. These spot checks are retarded, they dont prevent anyone willing to go the mile to take down a plane All they do is inconvience everyone.
What do you mean by this? Do you mean Multices was originally an operating system marketed for web interoperability but eventually found its foothold in the server application arena, and is now very sucessfull both in this regard as well as a web application platform? No? Didn't think so.
Most everyone I know uses Winamp to play their Mp3's. Some of my friends were actually amazed when I told them that WMP could even PLAY mp3's This is one area in which the general populace's ignorance is a good thing, because there is a.ogg plugin for Winamp. Oh yeah, and everye on the planet hates RealJukebox.
Er... only if the site admin did not use the default PHP settings and turn register_globals on in their PHP.ini, which no one in their right mind ever does. Next time know what youa re talking about before you start spouting off like an idiot.
After looking at these two pages I see nothing that could be classified as a security compromise. No passwords, no ports, no UID's, nothing. They are just files with some functions in them. Sure it maybe neater if they had named them.php so visitors couldn't view them, but its not a security issue.
Its not like they are saying "Lets ditch menuconfig and replace it with this!". For you and whoever else there is still make menuconfig. But I for one would welcome a better GUI than make xconfig, which I find pretty honkey. Since when are more options bad? It's not like they are forcing you into switching.
After trying to use Blender for some work in my Multimedia class this summer, I must say it's UI needs either (a) ALOT of work, or (b) some decent documentation created. Scouring the web for hours for vague tutorials that touch on one aspect at a time of what you are trying to do, having google constantly open alongside so you can do searches on how to do the simplest actions, this is just not an option for most people. I know some people have argued that the key combos are easy after you learn them, but without someone to TEACH them to you they are almost impossible to learn.
That being said, I would like to endorse KPovModler for people looking to do some 3D graphics with a decent interface. It does what it does well, and was simple to pick up and use.
I partially agree. The problem with that option is many window popups, which are designed to open in a certain size window, just look plain dumb in tabs, with the layout all whacky because the developer is expecting an X by Y window instead of a 1024x768 tab.
That being said, Galeon isn't the only browser that does this. Konqueror (my choice browser) has this option as well, at least in the CVS version I run.
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The Yepp player uses the same drive as the iPod, so it could have exactly the same form factor and weight (specs weren't released, so this si speculation), and has the same capacity. And it transfers with USB 2.0, which is both faster than the iPod's FireWire, and is also more commonly available on the PC platform. So why is this "junk"? If anything its good competition.
No one would accept this emulator card you speak of, even if you could make one, which I doubt. And such emulator card would probably not fit in any ATM either.
It is a great concept.. have a common API for posting / retrieving content, for posting comments, etc. But getting people to impliment it would be like pulling teeth. Everyone would think that the way they are currently doing it is the best way. This is one downfall of Open Source, the "ego factor".
The "ego factor" is the same reason we have 5 different office products all working on seperate import / export filters for MS Office, when the effort should be combined.TH epost isn't about source code control, it is about content manamgement systems. You are comparing CVS type software to slashcode and phpnuke. They are totally different pieces of software for totally different purposes.
No. The card doesn't output anything, it has no electronis, only this crystal. Both the laser and the device that picks up the patten ar eon the reader. So you'd have to duplicate the crystal.
It could also be used on bank cards, thus preventing people from counterfitting them. I once read about a ring which was using an aptly mounted hidden camera to monitor people's PIN numbers. They then grabbed some ATM slips the person threw away (most people rarely keep/destory them) and manufactured a fake card using their PIN and their account information.
It is impossible to re-create the crystal that generates the data, not the data itself. You are looking at this object which is used for physical security from a purely software standpoint. The data istelf (the pattern resulting from the laser through the crystal) is useless if you cant create the crystal which generated the data in the first place, because then you can't duplicate the card.
Getting the 2D pattern is easy (anyone with access to a reader could simply get this pattern through software). You then have to manufacture a crystal which produces this pattern, so that you can use your new counterfit card at the Sony store, etc. This is the part that is currently impossible.
One thing know once you read the article(s), that really should have been included in the story submisstion, is this technology is more geared toward replacing things such as magnetic stripes on credit cards, and em cards, and whatnot. The tiny crystals that will replace these stripes produce a one-way function that is currently impossible to duplicate, so if widely adopted this would (at least temporailiy) make card couterfitting impossible. It is not describing a new encryption mechanism for your PC, or any software for that matter.
Actually, the speed if light is defined as being 299792458 metres / second, exactly.
Wrong. Try doing some reading before blasting your moouth off. The new course would be an addition to the curriculm, it wasn't replacing anything. My university added Java to the curriculim to teach OO concepts years ago. Was this evil? No, because it wasn't Microsoft. Apparantly.
C# is nothing like C, it is much more like Java. And the students have to know C as well, C# would just be an addition to the curriculim. Why is this bad? As far as I'm concerned, the more languages the better.
This doesn't seem to be the goal of the propject at all. What you are looking for is Ximian connector for volution, which is already available. www.ximian.com
Er, just because the source is open doesn't mean that it is volenteer driven or anything else. What michael is saying is its fine if a company is contracted to produce, test, etc the code, btu upon its release to the public it should be in source code form so that we know what we are getting.
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RE your study plans, if you were wanting to study in a Northa American school fo rthe cultural change, or even to get something you couldnt in Saudi Arabia, may I reccomend coming to my homeland, Canada. Many many MANY Arabs both go to and are professors at my University (UNB), and I suspect it is simmilar in most other areas of my country.
You realize I can kill someone with a belt buckle alot easier than nail clippers by jabbing the sharp point of it into their jugular. For that matter, alot of women i know could do the same with their fingernails. These spot checks are retarded, they dont prevent anyone willing to go the mile to take down a plane All they do is inconvience everyone.
Have you tried Winamp3? Its ne wplaylist anf file management functioanlity far surpasses WMP
Multics was the Java of operating systems.
What do you mean by this? Do you mean Multices was originally an operating system marketed for web interoperability but eventually found its foothold in the server application arena, and is now very sucessfull both in this regard as well as a web application platform? No? Didn't think so.
Most everyone I know uses Winamp to play their Mp3's. Some of my friends were actually amazed when I told them that WMP could even PLAY mp3's This is one area in which the general populace's ignorance is a good thing, because there is a .ogg plugin for Winamp. Oh yeah, and everye on the planet hates RealJukebox.
Er... only if the site admin did not use the default PHP settings and turn register_globals on in their PHP.ini, which no one in their right mind ever does. Next time know what youa re talking about before you start spouting off like an idiot.
After looking at these two pages I see nothing that could be classified as a security compromise. No passwords, no ports, no UID's, nothing. They are just files with some functions in them. Sure it maybe neater if they had named them .php so visitors couldn't view them, but its not a security issue.
Its not like they are saying "Lets ditch menuconfig and replace it with this!". For you and whoever else there is still make menuconfig. But I for one would welcome a better GUI than make xconfig, which I find pretty honkey. Since when are more options bad? It's not like they are forcing you into switching.
After trying to use Blender for some work in my Multimedia class this summer, I must say it's UI needs either (a) ALOT of work, or (b) some decent documentation created. Scouring the web for hours for vague tutorials that touch on one aspect at a time of what you are trying to do, having google constantly open alongside so you can do searches on how to do the simplest actions, this is just not an option for most people. I know some people have argued that the key combos are easy after you learn them, but without someone to TEACH them to you they are almost impossible to learn.
That being said, I would like to endorse KPovModler for people looking to do some 3D graphics with a decent interface. It does what it does well, and was simple to pick up and use.
I partially agree. The problem with that option is many window popups, which are designed to open in a certain size window, just look plain dumb in tabs, with the layout all whacky because the developer is expecting an X by Y window instead of a 1024x768 tab.
That being said, Galeon isn't the only browser that does this. Konqueror (my choice browser) has this option as well, at least in the CVS version I run.